29. The Boston Burglar- Tamblyn (WV) 1927
29 - THE BOSTON BURGLAR
The following stanza and tune were contributed by Mrs. Morgan Taurblyn, Hamrick, East Bank, Kanawha County, June , 1927. Muslc noted by Miss Lydia I. Hinkel. For a complete text beginning with this stanza, see Cox, p. 297, B.
1. I was born in West Virginia, a place we all how well,
Brought up by honest parents, the truth to you I'll tell,
Brought up by honest parents, and raised most tenderly,
Till I became a roving lad, which proved my destiny.
Laws L16 B. See NC II 554-555.